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Monday 1st - With my retirement from the Clinic at the end of the month, I started training 2 new recruits. A young University student who would be working a couple of days a week, and an older lady with an impressive CV who would be taking over my role as Practice Manager.
After a few days of training I had the feeling the older lady wasn't coping well...but we carried on. I thought with all her experience it would have been a piece of cake, but no!
Wednesday 3rd- We had solar panels installed on our roof about 3 years ago, but as both the State Government and the Federal Government were offering rebates for solar batteries, Jose had them installed in our garage. (our first invoice in October we were only charged 0,31 cents).
Thursday 4th - We celebrated our son's 39th birthday at a restaurant near their house.
Friday 5th - Jose's 67th birthday was celebrated with brunch at the French cafe "Praline".
Usually I would throw a party/dinner, but we were in the middle of decluttering with stuff all over the house, I was working longer hours due to having a colleague on leave, the weather had been too cold and wet for this time of the year...
That night on the spur of the moment we went to dinner at Yuki Japanese Restaurant.
Friday 12th - A very hot Spring day, I had coffee with my two recently retired colleagues at The Coffee Club at Bull Creek Shopping Centre.
Saturday 13th - we went to dinner with two friends who live north of the river.
We chose Beyrut Restaurant, in Tuart Hill. The food was delicious, and there was entertainment with Belly dancing.
Sunday 14th - Heavy rain and storms that caused trees to fall , blew roofs away... temperature dropped to 17C. Weather has been colder than average for beginning of Spring.
Friday 19th - Met Grace (you might remember her from Perth Daily Blog) at Ikea. Always lovely to catch up with her.
Saturday 20th - Jose and I attended a "Beekeeping Masterclass" at the Perth City Farm. Who knows, we might keep bees when we are done with our retirement travels.
After a theory lesson, we got all equipped with overalls, gloves and hats with nets provided by Dean, the course facilitator and went to the garden to see the 3 hives he kept there.
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| Jose and Dean |
Before going home we went around the market. The stall-holders were already packing up, but we still bought some fruit and a bunch of weird looking mushrooms.
Monday 22nd - I usually open up the clinic, switch on all computers, check e-mails, etc., well before the Doctors and other members of staff arrive. To my astonishment, there was an email from the future "new practice manager" tendering her resignation!
I had noticed she wasn't coping well with learning all I do in my role as Practice Manager....but leaving 1 week before I was due to retire made things difficult!!
When my boss/owner of the clinic arrived, I transmitted the news and she thought I should write down all my tasks and see if any of the receptionists would be keen to learn. I never realized I did so much, as I typed up one full A4 page.
Saturday 27th - we were invited to dinner by my Italian friend Maria, and I took a board with cheese, dips and crackers for starters, and Chocolate Mousse for dessert.
Sunday 28th - we invited the daughter and grandchild of one of our friends (who was travelling in Portugal), to lunch, and I made lasagna. After having 30C mid week, we had another cool, wet day again.
Monday 29th - it was a public holiday - King's Birthday. Jose and I went to Carousel Shopping Centre, as his mobile/cell phone had stopped working. Luckily the guy at the phone kiosk ordered whatever was needed and said he could go back the following day to install it. Jose had worried that he would lose all info if it couldn't be fixed.
Then we had lunch at "Two Fat Indians".
Tuesday 30th - my last day at work! I made "Chocolate Salami" to share at work.
K the nurse, arrived with a bunch of flowers for me.
Then my colleague A arrived bearing a cake for my farewell, but she wanted to speak to me in private before patients arrived. She was booked to be operated to an ankle at the end of October, but instead she had bad news, which she had just received a few days before...she had breast cancer and would have to take time off soonest, for tests and a possible operation, and was also thinking of giving up work.
We hugged and shed a few tears, and I suggested that maybe after her op she could work reduced hours and avail herself of sick leave that she had accumulated in the 3 or 4 years she had been working there.
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| Flowers from Nurse K Later in the day a florist delivered a huge bunch of flowers for me from the owner. |
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| Flowers from the owner of the Clinic |
I thought I would be having a "slow" last day, but I worked, and worked, and worked, trying to finish off a few things, work out a new roster which didn't include the lady that resigned and my colleague A who would be taking some sick leave...
I usually finish my working day between 1-1,30pm, but that day left at 4pm! Phew!!
I would be having a farewell lunch given by the Clinic on the 5th of October, the day before flying out to Doha, Qatar.
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It was a month with plenty donations to my "Buy Nothing Group" from our decluttering efforts :)
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| Some of the many donated items |
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| My baby magpie friend visits me almost daily |
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| Spring flowers in the front garden |
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| Our Loquat tree was full and those were also offered on "Buy Nothing" |
